diff --git a/lib/libsm/Makefile b/lib/libsm/Makefile
index f2c93b991d66..661e87a6e7aa 100644
--- a/lib/libsm/Makefile
+++ b/lib/libsm/Makefile
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ CFLAGS+=${SENDMAIL_CFLAGS}
 WARNS?=	2
 
 .if ${CC:T:Mclang} == "clang"
-# Unfortunately, clang gives a warning about sendmail code that cannot
+# Unfortunately, clang gives warnings about sendmail code that cannot
 # be turned off yet.  Since this is contrib code, and we don't really
-# care about the warnings, just turn make them non-fatal for now.
+# care about the warnings, just make them non-fatal for now.
 NO_WERROR=
 .endif
 
diff --git a/libexec/mail.local/Makefile b/libexec/mail.local/Makefile
index 345e2a4603a8..de490fb42314 100644
--- a/libexec/mail.local/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/mail.local/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WFORMAT=0
 .if ${CC:T:Mclang} == "clang"
 # Unfortunately, clang gives warnings about sendmail code that cannot
 # be turned off yet.  Since this is contrib code, and we don't really
-# care about the warnings, just turn make them non-fatal for now.
+# care about the warnings, just make them non-fatal for now.
 NO_WERROR=
 .endif
 
diff --git a/libexec/smrsh/Makefile b/libexec/smrsh/Makefile
index 40eab7fa111c..7080fbae86fb 100644
--- a/libexec/smrsh/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/smrsh/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ WARNS?=	2
 .if ${CC:T:Mclang} == "clang"
 # Unfortunately, clang gives warnings about sendmail code that cannot
 # be turned off yet.  Since this is contrib code, and we don't really
-# care about the warnings, just turn make them non-fatal for now.
+# care about the warnings, just make them non-fatal for now.
 NO_WERROR=
 .endif